Robert Olsen
Biography
Robert Olsen is an American filmmaker. With creative partner Dan Berk, they directed Body (2015), Stake Land II (2016), Villains (2019), Significant Other (2022), and Novocaine (2025). The two first met as randomly assigned roommates in their first year at New York University. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Passenger
Ida and her friend Rebecca return to Ida's house after a harrowing day in the desert where their film-crew friends vanish. Through some quirk in technology it appears they went back in time where Ida's then 20-year-old father kills a crew member during a fight. Ida takes Rebecca to her father's workshop where they look at an old 16mm black-and-white film that captures the fragments of events from that day... a 35 years ago.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Mark
Inspired by the first girl he ever loved, Eric Chaney's magnetic debut film introduces us to Mark and Christina, a girl as mysterious as she is candid, as aloof as she is available. In one pastoral hometown summer, they spiral around one another in a universe of coincident deaths and disappearances, falling slowly into and away from love.
Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.